Men's Corner

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1. Your healthiest happy hour choice is:

B. Guinness Draught -- This thick beer will quench your thirst AND kill your appetite. Packing about 130 calories, Guinness Draught will fill you up more than its competitors, which contain more calories and carbs. Vodka and tonic ranks second with around 200 calories and a Long Island Iced Tea will set you back anywhere from 300 to 500 calories.

2. Your healthiest hangover lunch remedy is:

C. Wendy's 1/4 lb. Double Stack Sandwich, a small chili and a Diet Coke -- Wendy's meal wins this fast food battle. The Double Stack clocks in at 360 calories and 18 grams of fat, and the chili contains 220 calories and 2.5 grams of fat. On the other side of the ring, McDonald's meal comes in 890 calories and 46 fat grams. What about Taco Bell? Maybe you should "think inside the bun" after reading these numbers: 1,220 calories and 54 fat grams.

3. Your best choice for the movies is:

A. Medium hot dog -- This baseball favorite hits a home run at the movies with 300 calories and 5 fat grams. Cheese nachos, the other common baseball fare, strikes out with anywhere from 600 to 100 calories and 34 to 60 fat grams, depending on how much cheese you use. Scarfing down a small popcorn? That's about 570 calories and 35 grams of fat without the butter, buddy.

4. Your best bet for snacking is:

B. Tostitos Scoops -- This was a close match, but the salsa-ready chips scooped the competition with 140 calories and 7 grams of fat per 13 chips. Both the Cheetos and Pringles pack 160 calories in the same serving size, but the former wins with 10 fat grams (Pringles has 11). For a slightly healthier alternative, buy the Cheetos and Tostitos baked.

5. Your breakfast buddy should be:

B. Egg and Cheese Croissan'wich -- Neither of the two breakfast sandwiches is very healthy, but sometimes you have to bite the bullet. Burger King's Egg and Cheese Croissan'wich (300 calories, 17 fat grams) doesn't appear all that different from Dunkin' Donuts' sandwich (310 calories, 10 fat grams) at first, but the sodium content gives BK the edge: 220 milligrams versus 1,270 milligrams. And don't skip breakfast: You'll overeat later and lose a chance to rev your metabolism early.

6. Your best vending machine option is:

C. Planters Salted Peanuts -- It's obvious that Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (260 calories per package, 15 fat grams) wouldn't be the best nutritious complement for your homemade lunch; taste is a different story, however. Instead, opt for some salted peanuts (170 calories, 15 fat grams). Sure, the nuts have more fat than the Sun Chips (140 calories per 16 chips, 6 fat grams), but most of the peanut fat is the good kind: polyunsaturated and monounsaturated.

7. Your anniversary entree choice should be:

A. Shrimp with Lobster Sauce -- None of the entrees is anywhere near healthy, but on this special day, your waistline friend is the Shrimp with Lobster Sauce (480 calories, 22 fat grams). The Orange Peel Beef, despite its seemingly benign name, is far from harmless (1,568 calories, 85 fat grams). Don't even consider Tam's Noodles (1,678 calories, 93 fat grams) unless you want to spend every remaining hour of your week in the gym.

8. The Best Late Night Snack Award goes to:

B. Some sesame seeds -- These little delights take the crown for any evening cravings you might have. Containing the sleep-inducing tryptophan, sesame seeds (about 150 to 200 calories for a handful) will knock you out before you end up munching on dinner leftovers. Although fruits such as apples don't have the same sleepy effect, their low-GI score won't send your blood sugar levels skyrocketing at bedtime.

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